Hemingray Glass Company - Muncie, Indiana

The News of Muncie.

MUNCIE, IND., Feb. 24. - All factories are working with one exception, the Port Glass Co. Both factories of the American Window Glass Co. are running full time with silver clear glass and the men are making their full quota of boxes and expect to continue until the last.

The Muncie Glass Co. (Humphrey's) is doing all right, so the report is, and everything points that way, as is Hemingray's, making a general line of flint ware and two tanks on insulators. R. C. Burns, late of the white liner branch, has accepted a place at the above plant pressing insulators and is keeping his end up. He says the liner business became too uncertain. He ways: "Boys, I hated to do it, but the chickens had to be fed and I could stay with you no longer." We all wish you lock.

Ball Bros. Glass Co. are now operating five continuous tanks, making the Mason jar on three tanks, bottles on one, and the fifth is making white liners, but this latter tank is not run the same this season as other seasons. They have now machines to make their white liners, known as the Bingham liner machine, and it is doing fairly well. They also have a patent carry-in boy or conveyor. It is a long gutter-shaped thing. The machine is a self-dumper and it dumps the glass into a catch that turns the liner on its edge and it rolls down the conveyor to the lehr and into the pan. This is a great saving to this firm, as last season this firm employed two boys to each shop, 36 shops, 72 boys at $4 and $5 per week. This season 24 shops and 6 boys will do all the work.

The boys were all glad to get to work again after being out of work since June 8 last, very near a season in itself, but the boys never said a word as long as the grocer and butcher didn't kick. The friends of Joe Conners, who just got married at Pottsville, Pa., are glad to hear of the manly stand in life he has taken, but at the same time, Joe, you lasted a long time, very near 14 years. We all join in wishing you success, that is we who are married.

Joseph O'Brien and James J. Collins have arrived from Philadelphia and accepted places on the liner machines. - Joseph Patton and Mike Hogan have left for Kingsville, Ont., to work on the O'Neil lid and jar machine. - John Murphy gave up the same position to accept one at Ball Bros. - James Olwell is looking about 15 years younger this last couple of days all on account of a full set of teeth. He will not tell where he got them made, but Patrick McIntyre says he got them made at the Grasshopper mill. - Peter Driscoll has become so jealous of James that he is going to have his hair dyed. - Harry Knappie will soon become a benedict, that is if his visits on East First street indicate anything.

Mike O'Mara is already planning his next summer vacation. He says he will visit Fairmount, Ind., for a week, Chicago two weeks, and all the rest at McMannus' summer resorts at New Albany, Ind. - Ed. J. Conroy, after eight months on the city fire department, has returned to his old vocation - white liners. Ed now weighs 227 pounds and says if you want a vacation get a job on the fire department. He was succeeded by Thomas McFadden, emery wheel worker at Ball Bros. - Joseph R. McClain is planning a visit with his family to Philadelphia and Atlantic City next summer.

Dan Donnelly, Wm. Strang, and Harry Brandis will next summer wheel to Chicago and Milwaukee. These men are expert on the bike, as they have taken several long spins on their wheels, the last one being to St. Louis and Alton, Ill., and from the way Strang talks I don't think he will ever forget it. (Dr. Bunch for eight days).

Dan Donnelly is always at Frank Lafferty to purchase a farm about six miles in the country, but Frank says city life suits him, but Dan is still hopeful, and from the way things look I believe Frank will have to give in. - Patrick McIntyre and Lewis Gindhart are going into the poultry business. They have ordered three 100-egg incubators and when they are on night turn they will get out of bed at 9 a.m. and build chicken houses until time to go to work. They have always got a poultry book studying. They will set the first one hundred eggs on March 1, and the writer has got an invitation to attend.

Lawrence McCabe has given up his position as conductor on the Big Four Railroad and returned to the factory. - The Muncie friends of Ed White, of Philadelphia, hail with delight the news that he is about to re-enter the minstrel business. Edward resembles the once famous Billy Sweetman in the time of the Burns & White Minstrel Co. Ed was then in his prime, but Uncle E. if you only had your middle man, R. C., you would be all right.

George Knappe is now janitor of the Jackson Hotel and George became a hero one morning last week. The night turn returned at 3 a.m. and they detected a strong smell of gas. They awoke the janitor and he ran around in his night clothes turning out fires and jets and just as he was about to turn out the light in the office Butch Kane, from No. 2, came in and he said: "Boys, that is an awful leak in that main out on the street." Knappe never said a word, but all the boarders filed off to bed and left old Gaff to laugh.

The many friends of Brando Carroll, of Philadelphia, were glad to hear of him being able to go to work again. The letters of "Philla" and "Old Excelsior" are sought in THE COMMONER AND GLASSWORKER. Come let us hear from you often. You may hear from me again. - WHITE LINER.